a little Mac tip
Feb. 14th, 2008 01:05 pmGot a USB drive that you just can't seem to reclaim any space on? The trash might be clogged up. OSX does some kinda crazy things with the trashcan sometimes.
Here's how to empty the trash for SURE on your USB drive:
1. Open a Terminal window. Type 'cd ' - don't hit return yet.
2. Drag the offending USB key's icon into the Terminal window. Now switch to the Terminal window and hit return.
3. Type 'rm -rdf .Trashes/*' and hit return.
4. Close the Terminal window, eject the USB key, and plug it back in. Hopefully now it should have space again!
(You can see if this will help by typing 'ls -al .Trashes/' before doing step 3 - if you've emptied the Trash with the key plugged in, and see a bunch of directories with numbers for names, this will help.)
Here's how to empty the trash for SURE on your USB drive:
1. Open a Terminal window. Type 'cd ' - don't hit return yet.
2. Drag the offending USB key's icon into the Terminal window. Now switch to the Terminal window and hit return.
3. Type 'rm -rdf .Trashes/*' and hit return.
4. Close the Terminal window, eject the USB key, and plug it back in. Hopefully now it should have space again!
(You can see if this will help by typing 'ls -al .Trashes/' before doing step 3 - if you've emptied the Trash with the key plugged in, and see a bunch of directories with numbers for names, this will help.)